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Health awareness on your doorstep Chandigarh, July 31 The Administration has, in fact, decided to lay considerable load of conveying the significance of its schemes and activities on rickshaws and auto-rickshaws. "Riding high after the success of its earlier initiatives aimed at complete immunisation and generation of awareness about health concerns among the masses, the administration has resolved to glue stickers on rickshaws and auto-rickshaws to deliver the messages at your doorstep," the sources in the Administration asserts. "It's one time investment," says Medical Officer with the Administration's Family Welfare Bureau, Dr Sangeeta Ajay Kumar. "Once you glue the stickers on the vehicles, the message travels at a steady pace. You see, the labels stay there on the vehicles for months together and carry information wherever they go". Otherwise also, the reach is more. As these vehicles frequent areas where even the vernacular newspapers do not reach including slums and colonies in and around the city, the efficacy is more, undoubtedly. This is not all. Unlike ads in the print and electronic media, you do not have to invest precious funds in making all those announcements again and again. You pay reasonable amount for the stickers, glue them on the vehicles well within the eye's range, and forget all about sweating it out to spread the message. Even sending electronic mails to your pals is not all that simple. To begin with, the Bureau has ordered the printing of nothing less than 5,000 stickers in phase one of the operations. Gradually, all 10,000 rickshaws and autos patrolling the length and breath of the city round the clock will be covered. The entire exercise is being carried under the National Rural Health Mission. Giving details of information printed in easily-understood Hindi on the labels, the sources say focus is on issues like breast feeding, along with better maternal and child health. Awareness on pre-natal determination test will follow soon. This is just one of the initiatives undertaken by the Bureau in the recent past to spread the "good-health" word. It gave Chandigarh the unique distinction of being one of the few cities in the country to distribute pamphlets in Urdu. The Administration has also made the submission of immunization certificate compulsory for kids seeking admission to the schools, thereby shifting the onus of the programme's success from the government to the parents. "Now, you will agree that the administration is injecting the right dosage of intelligence in to the system for curing the problems ailing it," Dr Kumar concludes. |
GMSSS-37 thrash St Stephen’s Chandigarh, July 31 Right from the word go, GMSSS made its presence felt on the field and played an attacking game. They controlled the game right from the beginning. They opened their account through their striker Pankaj Negi, who found no hitch in sending the ball home during the 13th and 18th minutes of the match. With neat man-to-man marking, GMSSS played a tactical game to completely outwit the otherwise well-equipped Stephen’s team, who could not find their wonted form throughout the match. During the 27th minute, it was Shenaj, who managed to score another field goal. Two minutes later, Sumit Passi with his fine distribution sense and dodging skills scored another goal, making the score 4-0. Bouncing back with aggressive and strategic approach, the Stephen’s band reduced the margin during the 34th minute through Saket Singh. But, it was the only respite for them. Sumit Passi of GMSSS once again proved tough for the Stephen defenders, who, upon getting the possession of the ball, slammed it into the net for the final verdict of the match in his team’s
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Cricket Chandigarh, July 31 GNPS won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 160 runs at the cost of three wickets in 20 overs. Arjit scored 76 runs off 66 balls while Raman and Simranjit contributed unbeaten 21 and 14 runs, respectively. St Xavier’s Arvind claimed two wickets for 31 runs while Ajaydeep took one wicket for 28 runs. However, St Xavier’s team was bundled out at an unbelievable score of 11 runs only. Parvesh Sharma proved to be the wrecker-in-chief. He slammed eight wickets just for four runs. Brief scores
GNPS: 160 runs for three wickets in 20 overs (Arjit 76, Raman 21, Arvind 2 for 31 and Ajaydeep 1 for 28). St Xavier: 11 all out (Parvesh Sharma 8 for 4 runs, Arjit 2 for 5). |
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Carrom Chandigarh, July 31 Meanwhile, Farheen of St Stephen's-45 clinched the women's title by defeating Aakanksha of Sacred Heart School-26. Chief guest Malik Singh, honourable senior vice-president of the CCA gave away prizes to the winners. Final day's results Men’s singles: Quarterfinals: Gagandeep Singh b Rizwan 25-18, 25-08, Asif Iqbal b Anuj Kumar Sinha 25-23, 25-17, Md Hassan b Md Saquib 11-25, 25-10, 25-10, Neeraj Bharti b Sudhir Sidhu 25-16, 25-10; semifinals: Asif Iqbal b Gagandeep Singh 25-12, 25-07, Neeraj Bharti b Md Hassan 22-25, 25-05, 25-20; finals: Asif Iqbal b Neeraj Bharti 25-20,15-25, 25-19. For the third place, Gagandeep Singh b Md Hassan by 21-18, 25-10. Boy’s singles (junior): Semifinals: Md Talib b Rajkumar 25-23, 09-25, 25-11, Piyush Sood b Md Saquib 24-25, 25-08, 25-12; finals: Piyush Sood b Md Talib 25-17, 25-04. For the third place Md Saquib b Rajkumar 25-06, 25-04. Girl’s singles (junior): Semifinals: Farhin b Tuba 25-08, 21-05, Aakanksha b Anjali Taneja 16-17, 25-16, 25-12; finals: Farhin b Aakanksha 24-07, 20-17. Women’s singles: Semifinals: Farhin b Anjali Taneja 25-00, 25-19, Aakanksha b Reena 24-02, 24-02; finals: Farhin b Aakanksha 25-00, 22-06. |
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